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For once, I want Ryanair to cancel my flight tonight

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User647647 · 27/12/2020 08:51

Someone please help me calm down.

The winds that battered the UK last night are due to arrive in the north of Spain this afternoon.

At precisely the time my plane back to the UK is scheduled to take off, the area I’m in is going into red alert for strong winds.

I’ll be praying all day that Ryanair cancel the flight.

I’m telling myself that if they don’t it’s because they think it won’t be dangerous and I don’t think we’ll die... but I’m imagining the take off and first 15 minutes of the flight to be very bumpy and scary.

I would happily reschedule to next week, but I think my husband want to go back home and see his parents, who have been on their own all Christmas.

Am I being over dramatic?

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KenAdams · 27/12/2020 09:59

Don't you have to self isolate for 10 days? If so, how is your husband going to see his parents?

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User647647 · 27/12/2020 10:06

Yes. We’ll self isolate, which means that the earlier we go back, the earlier he’ll be able to see them.

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Hollybutnoivy · 27/12/2020 10:10

I completely understand and I would be the same but you're right- if it's dangerous they WILL cancel. Can you take any tranquilizers or failing that gin?

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User647647 · 27/12/2020 10:14

Thanks @Hollybutnoivy, yes, I’m actually planning to take a tranquilizer!

I do love travelling, but as I’m becoming older, I hate flying more and more.

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MrsSDK · 27/12/2020 10:17

Aren't flights into the UK from Spain (and many other countries) cancelled until 5th Jan? You might get lucky OP!

SnowyOwlWan · 27/12/2020 10:19

I agree if it's dangerous, they'll cancel the flight. nobody has every died on a ryanair flight and michael ryan is nothing if not a canny fucking article. he knows his passengers have to walk to furthest to the gate, wait the longest for the 'bridge' to be wheeled up to the plane door, the seats are frayed and the staff are rude, broke and caked in make up, the men and the women, flogging you scratch cards because they need the commission to live off. He is not about to let his business model go down the toilet by losing a life. He'll sell you an instant coffee for 6 euro and blast your eardrums with a fake trumpet if you land on time, but he won't take off at all if it's dangerous.

LongPauseNoAnswer · 27/12/2020 10:19

Go on YouTube and look at crosswinds landings. See how well they manage with them.

Honestly I’ve been on some white knuckle flights, take off and landing in bad storms, thunderstorms and inclement weather and it was never so bad that I didn’t want to fly again. I was even evacuated from an aircraft on the runway in Kansas as we had a tornado warning. Honestly they are well equipped to handle far more than the worst windy weather.

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User647647 · 27/12/2020 10:37

Thanks for your reply @SnowyOwlWan, it made me laugh.

@LongPauseNoAnswer, you’ve lived an interesting life! But I’m going to respectfully disregard your advice and stay away from You Tube... maybe tomorrow from the comfort of my own home...

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User647647 · 27/12/2020 10:38

@MrsSDK, Soanish citizens and residents are allowed to fly back and forth.

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Lightningrain · 27/12/2020 10:43

I always find take off in strong winds to be bearable as you’re up within a couple of minutes. It’s the landings that I hate as it seems to be much more prolonged.

You’ll be fine - the wind has dropped in the UK so you might just have a couple of minutes of bumpiness to endure on the way up.

Sunflowergirl1 · 27/12/2020 10:46

The taxi drivers at our local airport always said they could tell which passengers were from Ryanair flights as they still looked green!

Their pilots don't mess about as they have to keep to time so their takeoffs and landings can be a bit rough...perhaps wind isn't the biggest issue

Panicking40609 · 27/12/2020 10:48

@SnowyOwlWan

I don’t understand the bashing of the staff calling them broke and making out like they’re slinging fake watches down alley ways. That’s rude.

notimagain · 27/12/2020 10:53

Aren't flights into the UK from Spain (and many other countries) cancelled until 5th Jan?

Nope, there might well be restrictions as to who can travel but Flight radar is your friend. Even with cancellations due to passenger numbers being down there are flights from all over the EU, including Spain, operating into/out of the UK. For example there's a Ryanair flight out of Malaga heading for East Midlands as I type.

As far as OPs worry about the winds/weather. Without knowing where exactly the OP is headed it's difficult to know how the flight may be effected, but the crew will be trained to landed in strong crosswinds, in any event the wind might actually be aligned with the runway direction, n which case there's no crosswind..and I'm sure the pilots will ensure they're carrying enough full to divert somewhere nicer if the forecast for the planned destination looks like presenting difficulties.

Jeremyironseverything · 27/12/2020 10:58

I have memories of being scared in a similar position to you. It was fine though

notimagain · 27/12/2020 11:01

Their pilots don't mess about as they have to keep to time so their takeoffs and landings can be a bit rough..

FWIW Boeing's generic advice advice for pretty much all of their "products" is that putting the aircraft onto the runway and getting the wheel brakes working is much more important than p*** around floating down the runway trying to get a smooth landing..

Santaisreel · 27/12/2020 11:04

Their pilots don't mess about as they have to keep to time so their takeoffs and landings can be a bit rough...

Oh FFS. Ryanair have to follow the same fucking rules as every other airline. Seriously, do you actually believe this shit?

SnowyOwlWan · 27/12/2020 11:07

@Panicking40609 not sure what angle you are trying to take here, ryanair staff are very badly treated. I wouldnt have thought anybody would defend their part time contracts not being allowed to work anywhere else, low pay but requirement to have matching lipstick and nail varnish. I know air cabin staff who gave up to work in a nursing home and they have an easier life now.

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User647647 · 27/12/2020 11:18

Thank you everyone for your messages.

I’m flying back into London so landing should be fine.

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notimagain · 27/12/2020 11:36

low pay but requirement to have matching lipstick and nail varnish.

Won't comment about the pay, I've heard the rumours and I'd agree there are some valid gripes, but "uniform standards" are universal across the industry...

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User647647 · 28/12/2020 12:38

Just a little update...

The flight wasn’t cancelled, however, the flight couldn’t land due to the strong winds and ended up being diverted to Madrid (I’m in the north of Spain).

Ryanair staff were nowhere to be seen, but coincidentally, a passenger in our flight works for Ryanair and is friends with a flight attendant in our flight so he was keeping us updated.

After 2 hours, it was decided that they would send the empty plane to us and see if they could land, if not, they would continue back to London.

Thankfully it managed to land, as there were quiet periods in between the strong gusts of wind.

So two and a half hours later we boarded.

The take off was very bumpy, sort of being thrown around a bit, rather than up and down as it happens during turbulence.

I had taken my ‘chill pill’ so I was fine, but my husband and daughter were quite scared.

It only lasted a few minutes and the rest of the flight was very smooth.

Shame on the Ryanair stuff for not showing their faces until boarding.

It’s a very small airport and the policemen from border control, who had to stay until a decision was made, told us that the Ryanair staff were literally hiding in their little office.

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Santaisreel · 28/12/2020 12:54

After 2 hours, it was decided that they would send the empty plane to us and see if they could land, if not, they would continue back to London.

Why did they need to send a plane to you? Surely there was a plane with you when you landed?

nosswith · 28/12/2020 13:13

OP, glad to know you got there.

Please do not fly with Ryanair in future. Their staff are poorly treated so it is no surprise they hid. You are also condoning the animal cruelty that is the Grand National horse race, which Mr O'Leary has horses in.

HughPewBarneyMcGrew · 28/12/2020 13:17

Why did they need to send a plane to you? Surely there was a plane with you when you landed?

Because the OP clearly says that the incoming flight was diverted to another airport. Therefore the plane that she should have boarded wasn't at the same airport as the OP.

You can't board a plane that isn't physically there.

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User647647 · 28/12/2020 13:24

Yes, as @HughPewBarneyMcGrew explained

@nosswith, unfortunately they’re the only airline that fly to this city.

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Santaisreel · 28/12/2020 13:25

@HughPewBarneyMcGrew

Hahaha I totally misread that and thought OP was on the inbound flight which was diverted and was waiting for transfer to destination

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